Vol.2 No.09 -4 : Ability of anti-SCa-1+ and CD105mesenchymal stem cells to restore fertility in induced azoospermic mice.
By : El-Fiky, B.A. Abstract Impairment of spermatogenesis has been shown in patients treated with chemotherapy against different malignancies resulting in azoospermia. The present study was designed to assess the ability of anti-SCa-1and CD105 mesenchymal stem cells to restore fertility in induced azoospermic mice following cyclophosphamide administration. Forty male mice were divided randomly into four […]
Vol.2 No.09 -5 : Biochemical and histological studies on the possible protective impact of the herb basil (Ocimum basilicum) on adriamycin induced toxicity in rats. I. Influence on the liver.
By : Bayomy* M.F.F., Sakr, S.A., Gendia S.E. M. Abstract The purpose of this work was to evaluate the effect of basil (Ocimum basilicum) against hepatotoxicity induced in albino rats by the anticancer drug adriamycin (ADR). The biochemical results showed that adriamycin caused significant elevation in serum ALT (Alanine aminotransferase) and AST (Aspartate aminotransferase) enzymes […]
Vol.2 No.08 -1 : Comparative Study between Polymerase Chain Reaction and Different Rapid Tests for Detection of Mycobacterium Infection.
By : Elarabany N. F1, Abdallah, A. E.1, Abdallah, G. A.2, and Salah A.2. Abstract The objective of this work is to reach a sensitive and rapid method for the laboratory diagnosis of active tuberculosis disease in patients and latent TB infection in household contacts and healthy community controls. We recruited 86 subjects divided into […]
Vol.2 No.08 -2 : Preventive effect of wheat germ oil on methotrexate – induced liver injury and oxidative intestinal damage in mice.
By : Hanan Saleh *, Abstract Methotrexate (MTX) is an anti-neoplastic drug that is widely used in the treatment of several diseases such as lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoma, and autoimmune diseases, and has been concomitant with mild or severe liver and intestinal toxicity. One of the most attractive approaches to prevent toxicity of different organs involves […]
Vol.2 No.08 -3 : Ameliorative effect of olive leaves extract on hepatotoxicity and oxidative stress in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
By : Saber A. Sakr1 , Karoline K. Abdel-Aziz2, , Attalla F. El-kott2, Heba S. Khalifa2 Abstract Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease. Olive leaves consists of phenolic compounds, flavonoids and volatile oil. The aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-diabetic and the curative effect of olive leaves extract on streptozotocin-induced […]